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At a little after 11 o'clock on Monday evening a fire occurred on the steamer Electra, lying at the North Coast S.N. Company's Wharf, near the foot of Margaret-street. Some wharf laborers first,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At half-past 11 last night an outbreak if fire occurred on board the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Electra. The boat was berthed at the company's wharf at the foot of Margaret-street, where she had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 11 o'clock last night an outbreak of fire was discovered oil board the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Electra, lying at their wharf at the foot of Margurot-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Captain Griffiths has furnished the Marine Board with an account of the voyage of his vessel, the Glen Park, which left Port Pirie on January 29, and came to grief off Wedge Island on the morning of January…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain Griffiths, of the wrecked ship Glen Park, has supplied the Murine Board with a report, from which it appears that prior to the disaster a sharp look-out had been kept…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest sufferers to benefit by the kindly and prompt assistance of the National Shipwreck Relief Society are the crew of the schooner May Byrnes, which was lost at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--Captain Griffiths, of the wrecked ship Glen Park, has sent a report of the disaster to the Marine Board. He states that the vessel was of 1779 tons, and was owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Information has been received in Sydney to the effect that the German-Australian steamer Sommerfeld had gone ashore at Cruxhaven, a spot seventy miles from Hamburg, on the Elbe. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday Morning.--The steamer Sommerfeld has been stranded on a sandbank at Cruxhaven, on the Elbe, 70 miles from Hamburg. Water is reported in her holds, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Devon, of the Federal line, reached Newcastle yesterday, from London, via Western Australia. Her cargo for Newcastle consists of 1000 tons of general merchandise, and upon discharge of this she will load 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Stettin arrived at Pinkenba this morning from Singapore. The voyage was uneventful, fine weather prevailing throughout. There were no passengers for Brisbane, and only four for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Sommerfeld, of tho German-Australian line, has become stranded on a sandbank in the Elbe. Water is in the holds of the vessel and the sternpost is broken. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The port officials at Brisbane have received a telegram from the harbour master at Cai[?]n[?], stating that the steamer White Star reports having passed a quantity of wreckage off South Brook[?] Island, about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The shipwrecked crew of the Glen Park arrived at Port Adelaide late to-night. Every man is in [?] destitute condition, having nothing but the clothes [?]e is standing in. The men state that the ship struck…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →By the R.M.S. Miowera last night news was received from Vancouver that terrific gales had swept the Pacific coast, playing havoc with shipping and causing loss of life. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The lighthouse keeper at Gabe Island telegraphed to the Customs authorities this morning as follows:--"A portion of an engine-room skylight was picked up on the island yesterday."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The P. and O. Company steamer China leaves Sydney at noon on Saturday for London, via the usual ports of call. The N.D.L. steamer Darmstadt leaves Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Thomas Free, who was a famliar visitor to these waters some years ago—chiefly as master of the steamer Port Chalmers—will, it is stated, have charge of the new Huddart-Parker line steamer Barwon on her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messers. Dalgoty and Co. note that the following passenggers have booked by the Persic:- For London: Messrs. R. M'comb, T. E. Walters, F. Storey, Wm. Bennett, E. W. Dovonport, S. Heiser, M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society held a meeting at the Exchange, Bridge-street, on Thursday, and granted a number of rewards for bravery. Mr. W. T. Robey, who courageously…
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